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Isn’t it convenient that we are living in a time period where AGI will become a reality.

I wonder what the statistical probability of us being alive in this time period means. We could’ve been born on any other time period but it looks like we will most likely the experience singularity instead.

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> Isn’t it convenient that we are living in an era where AGI will become a reality and mostly likely we will see it being born

I don't think we are anywhere close to an AGI. But only the future knows for sure.

8% or so of all humans who have ever lived are alive today due to exponential growth. Roughly 100b humans are estimated to have ever lived and 8b are here right now.

So actually the odds are quite high in my opinion

What's the odds of being a human, instead of some other sentient animal?

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